The school district announced this week that it won’t allow Santa to visit classrooms or students to hand out gifts to each other during the school day, <a href=”http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/12/01/3565292/fort-worth-school-district-bans.html#my-headlines-default” target=”_blank”>according to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram story. </a>

The district’s attorney explained the decision by saying there are legal concerns with distributing personal holiday messages.

From The Star-Telegram:
<blockquote>”For example, if students are allowed to exchange cards or small trinkets, the district would be required to allow a student to distribute a religious message with the gift or card,” the memo says.

“In other words, the school district cannot prohibit the distribution of unsolicited religious material directly to students if it allows other personal messages to be distributed during school activities held during the school day.”</blockquote>

As you can imagine, parents are upset.

The good news is the school district will let students say, “Merry Christmas.”